Supreme Court Directs Madhya Pradesh Bar Council Elections By April 30

The elections will be monitored by a panel headed by former P&H HC CJ Justice Ravi Shankar Jha.

Delhi Court Denies Bail To Olympian Wrestler Sushil Kumar In Sagar Dhankar Murder Case

A Delhi Court on Friday denied bail to Olympic wrestler Sushil Kumar in relation to the case of murder of 27-year-old former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankar in May 2021.Additional Sessions Judge Sushil Kumar of Rohini Courts rejected the bail plea noting the seriousness of allegations leveled against the Olympian and the fact that his bail was cancelled by the Supreme Court in August last year. “…this Court is not inclined to allow the bail application filed by applicant/accused...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Advocate's Writ Petition Seeking Intra-Court Appeal Against His Contempt Conviction

The Supreme Court today refused to hear a writ petition by Advocate Mathew J Nedumpara seeking directions to allow an intra-court appeal against his 2019 conviction in a criminal contempt case. The Court noted that a writ petition could not be maintainable for challenging a coordinate bench's decision. The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a writ petition under Article 32. Notably, in 2019, a bench led by Justice RF Nariman held Nedumpara guilty of...

High Court Refuses To Revise Final Result Of Delhi Judicial Services Exam 2023, Says Interference May Open Floodgates

The Delhi High Court has rejected a plea seeking revision of the final result of Delhi Judicial Services Examination, 2023, observing that judicial interference may open floodgates, leading to cascading consequences and rendering the process unworkable.A division bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla said that Courts must exercise restraint and accord due latitude to examining authorities in the regulation of academic and evaluating matters.The Court said...

Child Custody Guidelines | Delhi High Court Refers PIL For 'Parenting Plan' To Administrative Side; Committee To Decide On Policy

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked a PIL petitioner, who sought the formulation of structured 'Child Access and Custody Guidelines' and a 'Parenting Plan', to approach the HC on its Administrative Side for policy formulation regarding the issue. A Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia thus disposed of a PIL plea filed by the Ayushman Initiative for Child Rights and the Ekam Nyaay Foundation, observing that the matter was to be considered by the ...

Delhi High Court Calls For Integration Of Non-FIR Complaint Data, Pending & Decided Court Cases On NCRB Portal

The Delhi High Court has called for integration of data of complaint cases which do not result in FIRs as also cases which are pending or decided by the competent Courts on the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) portal. A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Madhu Jain asked the Director of NCRB as also DDG of National Informatics Centre (NIC) to file status reports as to whether any steps have been contemplated for integrating the said data on the NCRB portal. The...

Noida Techie Death Case | Allahabad High Court Orders Immediate Release Of 'MZ Wiztown Planners' Director

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday ordered the immediate release of Abhay Kumar, director of MZ Wiztown Planners, who was arrested last month in connection with the drowning of software engineer Yuvraj Mehta in a waterlogged pit near a construction site in Uttar Pradesh's Noida. A Bench of Justice Siddhartha and Justice Jai Krishna Upadhyay observed that his arrest was carried out...

'He Could Have Been Alive': Kerala High Court Flags Systemic Failure After DNA Confirms Body Of Missing Deportee Suraj Lama

The Kerala High Court was on Friday (06 February) informed that the body recovered from Kalamassery belongs to Suraj Lama, an Indian citizen who was deported from Kuwait but went missing after arriving at Kochi.The division bench comprising Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice M B Snehalatha which was considering the habeas corpus petition, has directed the Nedumbasery SHO to produce the...

S.53A CrPC | Patna High Court Calls For Sensitisation Of Police To Conduct Medical Examination Of Accused In Sexual Offence Cases

The Patna High Court has described Section 53A of the Code of Criminal Procedure as a “forgotten provision” and observed that the time has come to sensitise the police to ensure medical examination of the accused in sexual offence cases is conducted immediately after arrest, failing which vital gaps are left in the investigation.A Division Bench comprising Justice Bibek Chaudhuri and...

Long Incarceration Alone Not Ground For Bail In Commercial Quantity NDPS Case If Accused Has Criminal Antecedents: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has reiterated that a person found in possession of commercial quantity of narcotic drugs would not be eligible for grant of bail merely because of long incarceration if the twin conditions under Section 37 under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act are not satisfied or if he has criminal antecedents.As per Section 37 of the Act, in cases where the...

Calcutta High Court Quashes Criminal Case Against WBFC Official Visiting Borrower's House For Loan Recovery, Calls It Abuse Of Process

The Calcutta High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a senior retired official of the West Bengal Financial Corporation (WBFC), holding that continuation of the case would amount to a gross abuse of the process of law. The Court found that the FIR and subsequent charge-sheet, arising out of an alleged incident of trespass, criminal intimidation and outraging modesty, were lodged...